Net food imports by crop - Maize by country
Net food imports are generated from FAOSTAT, taking Export level (tonnes) from the Import level (tonnes) [both under Trade: Crops and Livestock Products]. Net food imports are a proxy for the country's vulnerability to global food prices.
Countries reporting
177
Highest
15.99 million
Japan
Lowest
-6.47 million
France
Median
41,290
Years covered
59
1961–2019
Data points
7,874
What the numbers show
Net food imports by crop - Maize is currently reported for 177 countries. The highest value is 15.99 million in Japan; the lowest is -6.47 million in France.
The median across all reporting countries is 41,290, and the mean is 852,506.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 122 countries rose and 49 fell. The largest increase was in Nigeria (up 198,488.0%), and the largest decrease in Sao Tome and Principe (down 5,016.7%).
Net food imports by crop - Maize: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japan | 15.99 million | 2019 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 2 | Mexico | 15.47 million | 2019 | up 113.1% | volatile |
| 3 | South Korea | 11.37 million | 2019 | up 55.0% | volatile |
| 4 | Vietnam | 11.35 million | 2019 | up 670.1% | volatile |
| 5 | Spain | 9.86 million | 2019 | up 145.2% | volatile |
| 6 | China | 9.62 million | 2019 | up 105.0% | volatile |
| 7 | Egypt | 8.08 million | 2019 | up 49.4% | volatile |
| 8 | Iran | 7.39 million | 2019 | up 97.8% | volatile |
| 9 | Italy | 6.39 million | 2019 | up 191.1% | volatile |
| 10 | Netherlands | 6.29 million | 2019 | up 108.1% | volatile |
| 11 | Colombia | 5.99 million | 2019 | up 84.7% | rising |
| 12 | Taiwan | 4.81 million | 2019 | up 4.7% | volatile |
| 13 | Algeria | 4.36 million | 2019 | up 118.4% | volatile |
| 14 | Turkey | 4.31 million | 2019 | up 2,242.6% | volatile |
| 15 | Peru | 4.01 million | 2019 | up 165.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Malaysia | 3.76 million | 2019 | up 42.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Saudi Arabia | 3.26 million | 2019 | up 111.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Germany | 2.98 million | 2019 | up 278.7% | volatile |
| 19 | Morocco | 2.73 million | 2019 | up 60.3% | volatile |
| 20 | Chile | 2.41 million | 2019 | up 225.0% | volatile |
| 21 | Portugal | 2.10 million | 2019 | up 57.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Belgium | 1.79 million | 2019 | up 187.0% | volatile |
| 23 | Venezuela | 1.69 million | 2017 | up 210.5% | volatile |
| 24 | Israel | 1.69 million | 2019 | up 90.5% | volatile |
| 25 | Dominican Republic | 1.50 million | 2019 | up 53.4% | volatile |
| 26 | Ireland | 1.49 million | 2019 | up 389.8% | volatile |
| 27 | Brazil | 1.46 million | 2019 | up 28.4% | volatile |
| 28 | Guatemala | 1.32 million | 2019 | up 103.0% | volatile |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 1.29 million | 2019 | up 116.2% | volatile |
| 30 | United Kingdom | 1.12 million | 2019 | up 3,483.8% | volatile |
| 31 | Austria | 1.04 million | 2019 | up 211.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Indonesia | 1.03 million | 2019 | up 203.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Tunisia | 1.03 million | 2019 | up 54.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Costa Rica | 941,106 | 2019 | up 55.8% | volatile |
| 35 | United States | 931,320 | 2019 | up 496.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Iraq | 822,761 | 2019 | up 879.4% | volatile |
| 37 | Greece | 804,474 | 2019 | up 357.1% | volatile |
| 38 | El Salvador | 793,196 | 2019 | up 80.9% | volatile |
| 39 | Jordan | 763,822 | 2019 | up 47.3% | volatile |
| 40 | Honduras | 690,746 | 2019 | up 78.0% | rising |
| 41 | Slovenia | 688,278 | 2019 | up 231.1% | volatile |
| 42 | Lebanon | 631,986 | 2019 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 43 | South Africa | 588,393 | 2019 | up 1,881.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Panama | 512,850 | 2019 | up 53.5% | volatile |
| 45 | Philippines | 458,442 | 2019 | up 51.5% | volatile |
| 46 | Thailand | 400,672 | 2019 | up 32.2% | volatile |
| 47 | Senegal | 357,557 | 2019 | up 205.6% | volatile |
| 48 | United Arab Emirates | 348,655 | 2019 | up 14.4% | volatile |
| 49 | Nepal | 334,392 | 2019 | up 903.6% | volatile |
| 50 | Oman | 319,574 | 2019 | up 299.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Cyprus | 313,348 | 2019 | up 82.0% | volatile |
| 52 | Belarus | 310,718 | 2019 | up 148.4% | volatile |
| 53 | India | 310,528 | 2019 | up 1,067.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Poland | 305,633 | 2019 | up 5.2% | volatile |
| 55 | North Korea | 299,485 | 2019 | up 122.2% | volatile |
| 56 | Jamaica | 282,903 | 2019 | up 135.9% | rising |
| 57 | Nicaragua | 274,711 | 2019 | up 160.3% | volatile |
| 58 | Syria | 248,246 | 2019 | down 87.1% | volatile |
| 59 | New Zealand | 245,573 | 2019 | up 38,879.8% | volatile |
| 60 | Botswana | 244,293 | 2019 | up 200.7% | rising |
| 61 | Kuwait | 223,807 | 2019 | up 44.6% | volatile |
| 62 | Kenya | 203,540 | 2019 | down 86.5% | volatile |
| 63 | Nigeria | 198,588 | 2019 | up 198,488.0% | volatile |
| 64 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 180,819 | 2019 | up 11.6% | rising |
| 65 | Mozambique | 171,438 | 2019 | up 157.4% | volatile |
| 66 | Uruguay | 168,571 | 2019 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 67 | Eswatini | 149,406 | 2019 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 68 | Switzerland | 139,238 | 2019 | up 107.1% | volatile |
| 69 | Canada | 135,019 | 2019 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Libya | 128,408 | 2019 | down 85.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Mauritius | 118,891 | 2019 | up 45.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Sri Lanka | 110,904 | 2019 | up 295.6% | volatile |
| 73 | Namibia | 95,515 | 2019 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 74 | Albania | 93,646 | 2019 | up 46.7% | volatile |
| 75 | Lithuania | 83,218 | 2019 | up 151.2% | volatile |
| 76 | Georgia | 82,853 | 2019 | up 166.5% | volatile |
| 77 | Trinidad and Tobago | 82,498 | 2019 | up 50.8% | rising |
| 78 | Palestine | 81,000 | 2019 | up 92.9% | rising |
| 79 | Rwanda | 77,051 | 2019 | up 45.6% | volatile |
| 80 | Tanzania | 74,050 | 2019 | up 750.5% | volatile |
| 81 | Angola | 73,470 | 2019 | up 85.6% | volatile |
| 82 | Armenia | 65,193 | 2019 | up 38.2% | volatile |
| 83 | Lesotho | 61,888 | 2019 | down 46.6% | volatile |
| 84 | Norway | 60,769 | 2019 | up 88.3% | volatile |
| 85 | Azerbaijan | 54,948 | 2019 | down 25.2% | volatile |
| 86 | Haiti | 47,576 | 2019 | up 231.3% | volatile |
| 87 | Malta | 45,532 | 2019 | down 17.8% | rising |
| 88 | Ecuador | 42,865 | 2019 | down 88.1% | volatile |
| 89 | Qatar | 41,290 | 2018 | up 118.6% | volatile |
| 90 | South Sudan | 38,042 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 91 | North Macedonia | 37,702 | 2019 | down 25.7% | volatile |
| 92 | Barbados | 35,267 | 2019 | down 5.1% | volatile |
| 93 | Slovakia | 34,109 | 2019 | up 12.2% | volatile |
| 94 | Guyana | 32,949 | 2019 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 95 | Czechia | 31,904 | 2019 | up 113.4% | volatile |
| 96 | Montenegro | 30,864 | 2019 | up 60.7% | rising |
| 97 | Cape Verde | 29,644 | 2017 | up 12.9% | volatile |
| 98 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 26,720 | 2019 | up 145.1% | volatile |
| 99 | Ethiopia | 25,332 | 2019 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 100 | Somalia | 24,528 | 2019 | down 3.9% | volatile |
| 101 | Burundi | 23,693 | 2019 | down 10.4% | volatile |
| 102 | Iceland | 22,335 | 2019 | up 49.6% | rising |
| 103 | Pakistan | 20,189 | 2019 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 104 | Singapore | 19,604 | 2019 | up 25.1% | volatile |
| 105 | Hong Kong | 18,030 | 2019 | down 38.3% | volatile |
| 106 | Cambodia | 15,981 | 2019 | up 582.4% | volatile |
| 107 | Cameroon | 14,925 | 2019 | down 30.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Bahrain | 14,865 | 2019 | up 4.0% | volatile |
| 109 | Myanmar | 11,646 | 2019 | up 30,547.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Afghanistan | 10,437 | 2019 | up 38.9% | volatile |
| 111 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 10,331 | 2019 | up 1,378.6% | volatile |
| 112 | Bhutan | 10,137 | 2019 | up 128.7% | volatile |
| 113 | Chad | 10,000 | 2019 | up 54.4% | volatile |
| 114 | Ghana | 8,560 | 2019 | up 173.0% | volatile |
| 115 | Sudan | 8,531 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 116 | Croatia | 5,369 | 2019 | up 582.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Grenada | 4,082 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 118 | Seychelles | 4,061 | 2018 | down 21.4% | volatile |
| 119 | Suriname | 3,848 | 2019 | down 81.4% | volatile |
| 120 | Brunei | 3,037 | 2019 | up 146.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Luxembourg | 2,657 | 2019 | up 152.0% | volatile |
| 122 | Benin | 2,651 | 2019 | up 493.1% | volatile |
| 123 | French Polynesia | 2,531 | 2018 | down 50.1% | volatile |
| 124 | Turkmenistan | 2,506 | 2019 | up 110.3% | volatile |
| 125 | Congo | 2,304 | 2019 | up 258.1% | volatile |
| 126 | Guinea | 1,723 | 2019 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 127 | Bahamas | 1,596 | 2019 | up 1,208.2% | volatile |
| 128 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,551 | 2019 | up 417.0% | volatile |
| 129 | Madagascar | 1,067 | 2019 | down 90.2% | volatile |
| 130 | Liberia | 1,033 | 2019 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 131 | Malawi | 957 | 2019 | down 98.2% | volatile |
| 132 | Togo | 930 | 2019 | down 57.5% | volatile |
| 133 | Tajikistan | 928 | 2019 | up 161.9% | volatile |
| 134 | Eritrea | 900 | 2014 | down 82.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Uganda | 789 | 2019 | down 87.5% | volatile |
| 136 | New Caledonia | 782 | 2018 | down 49.5% | volatile |
| 137 | Central African Republic | 608 | 2015 | up 18.1% | volatile |
| 138 | Gabon | 412 | 2019 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 139 | Papua New Guinea | 245 | 2019 | up 81.5% | volatile |
| 140 | Cote d'Ivoire | 242 | 2019 | down 99.2% | volatile |
| 141 | Fiji | 126 | 2019 | up 90.9% | rising |
| 142 | Comoros | 114 | 2018 | up 570.6% | volatile |
| 143 | Antigua and Barbuda | 55 | 2019 | — | volatile |
| 144 | Saint Lucia | 52 | 2019 | up 246.7% | volatile |
| 145 | Dominica | 41 | 2017 | up 472.7% | volatile |
| 146 | Macao | 30 | 2018 | unchanged | volatile |
| 147 | Gambia | 13 | 2018 | down 90.4% | volatile |
| 148 | Vanuatu | 8 | 2013 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 149 | Guinea-Bissau | 1 | 2019 | down 99.9% | volatile |
| 149 | Samoa | 1 | 2019 | up 104.2% | volatile |
| 151 | Bolivia | -18 | 2019 | down 100.9% | volatile |
| 152 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | -22 | 2019 | down 300.0% | volatile |
| 153 | East Timor | -66 | 2018 | — | volatile |
| 154 | Sao Tome and Principe | -295 | 2014 | down 5,016.7% | volatile |
| 155 | Belize | -6,145 | 2019 | down 2,567.9% | volatile |
| 156 | Uzbekistan | -6,923 | 2019 | down 127.0% | volatile |
| 157 | Mali | -9,697 | 2019 | down 2,059.0% | volatile |
| 158 | Burkina Faso | -38,703 | 2019 | down 320.2% | volatile |
| 159 | Serbia | -43,476 | 2019 | down 234.9% | volatile |
| 160 | Moldova | -49,724 | 2019 | up 67.4% | volatile |
| 161 | Denmark | -86,220 | 2019 | up 59.5% | volatile |
| 162 | Sweden | -92,965 | 2019 | up 52.9% | volatile |
| 163 | Finland | -106,765 | 2019 | down 63.7% | volatile |
| 164 | Latvia | -107,066 | 2019 | down 1.5% | volatile |
| 165 | Laos | -179,115 | 2019 | up 22.9% | volatile |
| 166 | Bulgaria | -240,766 | 2019 | up 21.1% | volatile |
| 167 | Hungary | -240,915 | 2019 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 168 | Niger | -283,963 | 2019 | down 1,692.2% | volatile |
| 169 | Estonia | -337,325 | 2019 | down 559.2% | volatile |
| 170 | Romania | -505,559 | 2019 | down 287.3% | volatile |
| 171 | Kazakhstan | -1.63 million | 2019 | down 396.6% | volatile |
| 172 | Ukraine | -2.29 million | 2019 | up 58.2% | volatile |
| 173 | Argentina | -2.51 million | 2019 | down 149.3% | volatile |
| 174 | Australia | -2.87 million | 2019 | up 11.7% | volatile |
| 175 | Paraguay | -2.98 million | 2019 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 176 | Russia | -3.91 million | 2019 | down 13.2% | volatile |
| 177 | France | -6.47 million | 2019 | down 47.8% | falling |
About this data
Net food imports are generated from FAOSTAT, taking Export level (tonnes) from the Import level (tonnes) [both under Trade: Crops and Livestock Products]. Net food imports are a proxy for the country's vulnerability to global food prices.